So, we watched a movie about this guy named Henry Darger. This guy was very strange in his own little way. I would not exactly call him "mentally ill", but he was definitely different. So Henry created his own little world of characters he created and he used these characters to mainly express his feelings. Henry did not talk to many people around him. People around him described him as really quiet, and he did not talk to anyone except himself. I believe he mainly blocked out the world and ended up creating his own personal world to which he can express his feelings through characters in the story.
Now, as if Henry was creative or not is the real question. In my opinion, Henry is creative no matter what. You could also consider the fact that what if his art was not discovered. This does not matter in my opinion. Even if his art was not discovered, it was still wildly creative. Even though Henry mostly copied and traced his art, it still is creative because he made those pieces his own creation. He had to form all the pieces he had copied and traced together to form the reals of the unreal. I also definitely think we should care about his art because art is art. Art is important no matter what and any kind of art can contribute to the future of the art world. Although some people classified him as mentally ill, it shows that Henry Darger was a great artist of his time.
~Nick
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